This document will demonstrate building a client in Java 6 using the freely available IDE called Netbeans 7.0 http://netbeans.org/ In order to complete the steps included, Netbeans will need the J2EE components included in the download or added later through the Plugin Manager. Specifically you will probably need plugins:
- Java Web Applications
- EJB and EAR
- RESTful Web Services
- SOAP Web Services
Plugins may be different for each version of netbeans.
Netbeans 7.1.1 plugins:
- Java Web and EE
- Web Applications
Although this document is written in Java, the concepts are readily transferable to .Net and other popularly available programming languages on the market today. There are several ways to create a webservice client. This document will not attempt to cover all approaches.